Dubbo headed into yesterday’s sporting contests in Orange trailing 242.5 points to 157.5 and after the athletics were cancelled due to bad weather and the points shared the margin between the two schools appeared even more insurmountable.

But then, as the deluge from the cold and windy skies above continued to fall, the carnage on the ground began, first in the girls soccer with Dubbo winning 3-1 (75 Astley Cup points to 25), then 4-0 (83-17) in a clinical display by the boys soccer team and the rout was finished off in the rugby league, finishing up 62-10 (86-14) in Dubbo’s favour.

“It’s been a cold, wet, windy, freezing day and not very pleasant at all, but the league has just finished and we’ve done very well,” Dubbo College sports co-ordinator Kieran Smith told the Daily Liberal yesterday afternoon.

“The athletics were called off because the weather made some events too dangerous, but we still managed to overcome a big deficit so it was a pretty good day.

“In the girls soccer Nyoka Boney scored two goals while Staci and Monique Cummings definitely stood out.

“The performance from Dubbo in the boys soccer was the best I’ve ever seen, they controlled the game and never looked threatened.

“Nathan Kenyon at centre back, Deney Fletcher and James Leonard all did a good job.

“Max Ray and Dylan Hill simply ran over the top of Orange and

were unstoppable in the rugby league and Charlie Runciman also played well.”

The overall result - Dubbo took the day 294 points to 106 to take the tie by more than 100 points, 451.5 to 348.5.

This means the Astley Cup will be decided in Dubbo next week between Bathurst High School and Dubbo College, after Bathurst downed Orange 445 to 355 in their home tie last week.

Statistically, the two schools will head into the decider on virtually even terms, however historically Dubbo holds the advantage.

Dubbo has won the Astley Cup two years in a row and Bathurst is

searching for its first taste of glory in 20 years.